Month: January 2018

“If God opened our eyes…”

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“Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them,” 2 Kings 6:16. (Read 2 Kings 6:8-17)

If God opened our eyes,
what would we see?
Armies of heavenly hosts
championed to defend me.

Armed and geared
in heaven’s glow and might,
commanded to protect
through the perils of the fight.

Unseen, yet seen,
through the eyes of faith.
Chariots of fire
to protect the way.

Real guards, by heaven’s charge,
stand at the ready.
Heirs of salvation to keep,
and help hold them steady.

In this fight,
we are never alone.
We see that God protects us
from His heavenly throne.

“And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:17)

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“You Belong!”

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“And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s,” 1 Corinthians 3:23

Do you remember the playground days? Groups over there playing on the monkey bars. Groups over here playing hopscotch. Another group hovers in a corner laughing and joking with one another. Children match up in pairs to go down the slide together. Run, tag, you’re it!

Then there was the one child who was a bit shy. It’s not that he/she didn’t want to play with the others, they didn’t quite know how. Fear of rejection has kept them to themselves, content to read on the park bench or swing and play a solitary game.

Feeling like you don’t belong. Well, we’ve all been there I think. It doesn’t feel good. Feeling like an outcast while the rest of the world buddy’s up and goes about their business makes one feel like a castaway. A loner on a desert isle like in the famous Tom Hanks movie, talking to a soccer ball. (Let’s not get that far – :)!)

What is harder to deal with is when one comes to the body of Christ, the Church, and still feels in isolation. They still have a sense of being a wallflower, watching everyone else getting on just fine while they just occupy their own small, private space.

Thank God, we are not alone! We are not outcast! We are not rejects! WE BELONG!

We belong. Oh, how important are those words to the lonely soul? We belong. How many times has the hurting heart needed to hear that they are not by themselves in this life? We belong. We are part of something greater. We belong!

“Ye are Christ’s!” He has secured membership for you and I. He has redeemed us and set in a place to be called His own. We are now “joint-heirs” with Him, we are connected with Him, (Romans 8:17, KJV). We belong!

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people,” (1 Peter 2:9, KJV). We belong!

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,” (John 1:12, KJV). We belong!

“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus,” (Galatians 3:26, KJV). We belong!

“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God, (Ephesians 2:19, KJV). We belong! And, on and on and on it goes. We belong! We are not alone!

“Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men!” (Psalm 31:19, NKJV).

WE BELONG! Get that in your spirit today! Go through your day knowing that God loves you and He treasures you. He cares for you and you are secured you in Him. “For God is with the generation of the righteous, (Psalm 14:5, NKJV). YOU BELONG!

Playground cliques do not apply! YOU BELONG!

“YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING!”

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“It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.” Acts 1:7

 . . . . But we try to, don’t we?  We feel a pull of God on our lives; a tugging to go here, or do this, or start that – and, we begin to question Jesus like the disciples did.

We want to know is it going to happen like this.  We want the unfolding of the story now so that we will know how to proceed.  We want to know the ins and outs of His plan for our lives.  But, we don’t need to know the everything of everythings that we want to know!  Yep, I said that on purpose 🙂 !

This is the opposite of the faith walk that we are called to.  Think about it.  Abraham was called to leave the familiar to step into the unknown which brought about a name and a legacy that would endure through generations.  Hebrews 11:8 tells us, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”

He didn’t know!  He didn’t know the plan of God!  He didn’t have all the details.  He just went!  By faith, he stepped out where God told him to go and he “obeyed.”  He didn’t question God and he didn’t try to figure the path out ahead of him.  He just went!

There are certain parts of the plan that God will reveal, and the rest, as Jesus puts it, “the Father has put in His own authority.”

In other words, we have to trust Him to see to His part while we obey, step out, and see to our part even if we don’t know everything.

Morning Prayer:

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FATHER GOD,

We lift up our prayers, our souls, and our lives to You today. Please, lead us and guide throughout this day. Cause Your way to be made known to us and Your favor to rest upon us. Help us navigate the ups and downs of this day. You are our hope and stay. In Jesus’ mighty name, we pray, AMEN!

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